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tennisman

tennisman noun: a male tennis player.

Noun

tennisman (plural tennismen)

  1. (non-native speakers' English) A male tennis player.
    • Im a tennisman who love playing tennis :-)1996 January 31, baudry christophe, “Tennis Pictures ???? Where ???”, in news.newusers.questions (Usenet), retrieved 17 Apr 2022
    • René Lacoste was known as a tennisman in the late 20's or early 30's. Well before my time, but there are books and magazines.1999 August 7, Pierre Jelenc, “loanwords without source”, in sci.lang (Usenet), retrieved 17 Apr 2022

Forms of tennisman

pluraltennismen

Origin of tennisman

From French tennisman. Equivalent to tennis + -man.

Questions about tennisman

What does tennisman mean?
Tennisman means a male tennis player.
What part of speech is tennisman?
Tennisman is a noun.
What is the plural of tennisman?
The plural of tennisman is tennismen.

Words near tennisman in the dictionary

  1. tennisers
  2. tennises
  3. tennish
  4. tennising
  5. tennislike
  6. tennisman
  7. tennismen
  8. Tennison
  9. Tennisons
  10. tennist
  11. tennists

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